About the Properties of a Modified Generalized Beverton-Holt Equation in Ecology Models
Open Access
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
- Vol. 2008, 1-23
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/592950
Abstract
This paper is devoted to the study of a generalized modified version of the well-known Beverton-Holt equation in ecology. The proposed model describes the population evolution of some species in a certain habitat driven by six parametrical sequences, namely, the intrinsic growth rate (associated with the reproduction capability), the degree of sympathy of the species with the habitat (described by a so-called environment carrying capacity), a penalty term to deal with overpopulation levels, the harvesting (fishing or hunting) regulatory quota, or related to use of pesticides when fighting damaging plagues, and the independent consumption which basically quantifies predation. The independent consumption is considered as a part of a more general additive disturbance which also potentially includes another extra additive disturbance term which might be attributed to net migration from or to the habitat or modeling measuring errors. Both potential contributions are included for generalization purposes in the proposed modified generalized Beverton-Holt equation. The properties of stability and boundedness of the solution sequences, equilibrium points of the stationary model, and the existence of oscillatory solution sequences are investigated. A numerical example for a population of aphids is investigated with the theoretical tools developed in the paper.Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (DPI2006-00714, IT-269-07, SAIOTEK SPE07UN04, SAIOTEK SPED06UN10)
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